Did you really think I was too fragile to know what Deryn was?" "Fragile?" Volger looked about. "I hadn't thought so, but now I find you brooding in a bathroom. This doesn't speak well of your sturdiness.

Scott Westerfeld: Leviathan Trilogy: Leviathan; Behemoth; Goliath (ed. Simon and Schuster, 2011) - ISBN: 9781442443921